---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUB AID-CHOICE OF OPTOMETRISTS"
description: "PUB AID-CHOICE OF OPTOMETRISTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 498"
citation: "Illinois SB 498 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd3fa127-07ae-4c2b-b379-c175da9ef245"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "eabb0c3edded09015260802d2b1904ab18398605c7ce8ccf82c2b6c3e37ad5bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 498 (91st) — PUB AID-CHOICE OF OPTOMETRISTS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0498LV.html)

## Sponsors

- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- HOWARD — cosponsor (person)
- RAUSCHENBERGER — cosponsor (person)
- SHARP — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB HEALTH S
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SPBH
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-10
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-19
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SPBH
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED SPBH
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA 02
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR TURNER,ART
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HHSV
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SHARP
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOWARD
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-06
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0462

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd3fa127-07ae-4c2b-b379-c175da9ef245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).